The Invention of Murder
How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
Crime
Judith Flanders
Harper 2011
Hardback 556 pages Illustrated 
0007248881 | 9780007248889 |  Product code: 85332  
The tradition of British detective fiction developed in parallel with the new Victorian police force, as real-life murder cases inspired not only novels but also broadsides, waxworks, melodramas and puppet shows. In her exploration of a century of murder, Flanders uses the stories of the most notorious cases, from Burke and Hare to Jack the Ripper, to build up a picture of Victorian society and the evolving representations of crime and criminals in popular culture.
 
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